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Letter: Keep calm, and reclaim power

Our national community suffers because control of the government has passed to a Republican president and a Congress profoundly lacking in compassion, and completely indifferent to the notions of government as the safeguard of the common people and t

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OPINION

Letter: Keep calm, and reclaim power

Our national community suffers because control of the government has passed to a Republican president and a Congress profoundly lacking in compassion, and completely indifferent to the notions of government as the safeguard of the common people and the nation’s future.

They lack all sense of justice and wisdom. Their policies of deregulation and privatization wreck government’s primary purpose as protector of the citizens from powerful and corrupt economic forces while their political machinations to solidify power are undermining our democracy. The people’s government is being wrecked by careless, arrogant and unwise Republican politicians while inept Democratic politicians seem unable to mount a meaningful narrative to inspire us to higher aspirations.

We can only hope that a new generation of candidates will come forward who can inspire the nation to a future worthy of greatness. Meanwhile, the people must hold those in office accountable and demand that policies serve the people and not the powerful and rich at the expense of all others. This president lied nakedly in promising a return to greatness. He and the Republican Congress are taking us into ruin. We must remain calm yet steadfast in dedication to reclaiming our society “for, of and by the people.”